Shloka 54

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

देवकार्योपयुक्तानां प्रत्यहं शौचमिष्यते इतरेषां हि वस्त्राणां शौचं कार्यं मलागमे

Transliteration

devakāryopayuktānāṃ pratyahaṃ śaucamiṣyate itareṣāṃ hi vastrāṇāṃ śaucaṃ kāryaṃ malāgame

Translation

神聖なる儀礼に用いる衣は、日々の浄めが定められる。その他の衣は、不浄の汚れが付いたときに浄めを行うべきである。

Word by Word

• देव-कार्य-उपयुक्तानाम्: of those (garments) fit for/used in divine ritual acts

• प्रत्यहम्: every day

• शौचम्: purification, ritual cleanliness

• इष्यते: is prescribed/approved

• इतरेषाम्: of the others

• हि: indeed

• वस्त्राणाम्: of clothes/garments

• शौचम्: cleansing

• कार्यम्: to be done

• मल-आगमे: upon the arrival/contact of dirt/impurity (when soiled).

Speaker

Suta Goswami